Senior Assurance Associate

Kingfisher Recruiting has partnered with a leading mid-sized CPA firm in Troy, MI to find top talent for their firm.

This is a strong firm with focuses on all industries. As with all our clients, they have a strong growth model with YoY of continued growth. That growth is leading to new positions like this one and a great opportunity for someone to join a firm where everyone knows your name and you get to focus on helping your clients.

The firm operates with a very supportive and consultative approach. It isn't just about advising, it's about helping the client feel that their business is well taken care of. This is a high touch approach and is important to understand.

• Lead assurance engagements, including planning, fieldwork, workpaper review, and completion.
• Manage and oversee staff members assigned to jobs under the senior's direction.
• Handle tax work for assurance clients when capacity and client needs require it.
• Coordinate with tax senior staff when tax work should be delegated based on availability and fit.
• Build client relationships and provide practical accounting guidance.
• Identify accounting issues and help clients resolve underlying bookkeeping or financial statement problems.
• Support clients across industries, with construction-industry experience considered a plus.

• Public accounting assurance experience with the ability to lead engagements.
• Experience supervising or reviewing staff work preferred.
• Exposure to tax preparation or willingness to handle some tax work for assurance clients.
• Smaller-firm or hands-on client accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong practical accounting foundation; ability to help clients fix issues, not just identify them.
• CPA or CPA-track preferred, depending on experience.